Practical, rapid, and cost-efficient interior architectural precautions for prevention of COVID-19 in the workplace

Ozenen, Gurkan

doi:10.3233/wor-203247

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“…The needs of psychological well-being, working at home, and quarantining can be answered by separating areas and creating sanitary spaces offering a sense of security, calmness and relaxation, covering all the aforementioned needs. 16–18 …”

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Interior Design: A New Perspective in Supportive Care of Patients with Acute Onset of Debilitating Diseases

Mauri

Kampletsas

Smyris

et al. 2021

Palliative Medicine Reports

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Background: Upon the onset of a debilitating rapidly evolving condition (such as cancer or a rapidly progressing myopathy, neuropathy, respiratory disease, or a severe traumatic injury), individuals have limited time to find a new home or make radical structural modifications in their residence. How the affected patients can continue sharing the same house with their families, while meeting their own special requirements, is thus rising as a critical issue. Household and daily routine rearrangements, either temporary or permanent, may be necessary, to ameliorate the life of patients with impairments, lasting for months or even years. Objectives: Interior design may provide a highly efficient “living” palliation for debilitating medical conditions directly at patients' home-site. Methods: Research of relevant literature, using keywords “debilitating conditions,” “home care,” “end of life care,” “care of advanced cancer patients,” “care of patients with mental disorders,” “home care of covid-19 affected patients,” and “care of patients with degenerative illnesses.” Results: We found that patients and their relatives may not be aware of the probable interior design solutions to their daily life challenges, imposed by a disease-related impairment. In parallel, interior design experts may equally be unaware of these issues, as well as of who needs the available solutions. Similarly, medical and architectural sciences are not connected, eventually failing to meet patients' everyday needs. Conclusions: Interior architecture and health scientists are called to cooperate, aiming to provide a highly efficient and meaningful support to patients and families affected by unforeseen debilitating medical conditions.

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confidence: 99%

Interior Design: A New Perspective in Supportive Care of Patients with Acute Onset of Debilitating Diseases

Mauri

Kampletsas

Smyris

et al. 2021

Palliative Medicine Reports

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“…Women employed in essential services suffer from a higher threat of infection because of their proximity to patients and clients. Despite using personal protective equipment (PPE) like face masks, gloves and gowns, the risk of contamination through surfaces may still exist (Ozenen, 2020). Any loss of vigilance or mistake may spread the virus throughout the workplace and to the employees’ family members.…”

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The Struggle to Balance Work and Family Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights Based on the Situations of Working Women in Delhi

Tayal

Mehta

2022

Journal of Family Issues

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The COVID-19 pandemic generated economic contraction across the world. In India, the stringent lockdown led to extreme distress. The unprecedented situation adversely affected the women’s efforts to balance professional life with family life because of a disproportionate increase in their domestic work burden and a shift in their workstation to home. Since every job cannot be performed remotely, women employed in healthcare services, banks and media witnessed additional risks of commuting and physical interaction at the workplace. Based on personal interviews of women in the Delhi-NCR region, the study aims to explore the commonalities and variances in the challenges experienced by the women engaged in diverse occupations. Using the qualitative methodology of flexible coding, the study finds that a relatively larger section of women travelling to their office during the pandemic, rather than those working from home, had an effective familial support system that helped them navigate this tough time.

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“…Research shows that personal protective measures (e.g., physical distancing, hand hygiene, and maskwearing) are considered as one of the main public health and social measures (PHSMs) that should be implemented in order to suppress COVID-19 transmission [19,20]. The importance to using masks, handwashing, social distancing, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, conducting tracing, tracking, and testing provide significant COVID-19 cases from the workplace [3,6,[12][13][14][15][16][17][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37].…”

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COVID-19 in the Workplace in Indonesia

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a pandemic because of its worldwide spread. The COVID-19 pandemic does not only impact public health but also the operations of businesses and workers’ safety in their workplace. The objectives of this study were to provide a broad perspective of COVID-19 prevention and control implementation in industries, investigate barriers and challenges as well as drivers in implementing COVID-19 prevention and control, and provide key recommendations to the policy makers regarding COVID-19 prevention and control in industries. This study was conducted through online interviews with selected organizations in various industries which were selected by the granting body, including agriculture and animal husbandry; construction; manufacturing; and logistic and goods transportation. It also involved policy makers from government agencies including the Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Health, Indonesian Safety and Health Council, International Labor Organization, and Indonesian COVID-19 Task Force. The participants of this study were chosen using convenience sampling. The findings of this study indicate that health protocols are implemented to varying degrees in companies, both within and across the sectors, and that drivers to comply with the Health Protocols include compliance, business continuity, and top management commitment. The significant barriers and challenges include a perceived lack of clear direction from the government, rapid changes in directives’, poor worker awareness, and limited organizational resources. The key recommendations to the policy maker include harmonization of the guidelines and legislation, additional schemes to provide funding in the COVID-19 prevention and control implementation, as well as facilitate the ongoing education of the general working public.

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Practical, rapid, and cost-efficient interior architectural precautions for prevention of COVID-19 in the workplace

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

Interior Design: A New Perspective in Supportive Care of Patients with Acute Onset of Debilitating Diseases

Interior Design: A New Perspective in Supportive Care of Patients with Acute Onset of Debilitating Diseases

The Struggle to Balance Work and Family Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights Based on the Situations of Working Women in Delhi

COVID-19 in the Workplace in Indonesia

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